UNACov News September 2024

Dear Reader,

Below we list the latest news and articles from our website related to international affairs and issues such as sustainable development.

Read these stories and more, plus information about forthcoming events, by following the links below.

You might also like the Coventry Climate Action Network website which we also maintain. Please check it out at https://covcan.uk/

Philip Brown

Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
philip@unacov.uk

Polio in Gaza

In July 2024 the poliovirus was detected in waste water samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah in Gaza. On 23 August the Guardian reported the first case of polio in 25 years has been found in an infant partly paralysed from the disease. Worryingly, three other children have also been reported in the Gaza Strip presenting with suspected acute …

Your Guide to a More Energy-Efficient Home

ZFC Real Estate has produced a page describing some relatively small, unobtrusive actions make a massive energy efficiency difference without turning your routines and schedules upside down. They are divided into Small ticket actions and Big-Ticket Ideas. Note they are based in Florida so prices are quoted in dollars, but many of their ideas apply equally to UK properties. Small …

Please help feed Gaza's starving people

Senior Programme Manager Mahmoud Shalabi of the UK charity Medical Aid for Palestinians says: Gaza’s population is being deliberately starved, and children have already died because Israel is intentionally cutting off their food and water. Right now, Gaza is on the brink of famine. No one has known hunger like it and a whole generation of children is being starved. …

Problems with Lithium Batteries

Lithium and lithium-ion batteries currently power devices including smartphones and electric cars and is currently the basis of storing solar and wind energy. The popularity of these batteries is due to their high energy density and efficiency and they are considered as more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels. Once manufactured, these batteries provide a zero-emission alternative to internal combustion engines. …

Join UNA-UK

You can now join UNA-UK as a member for £10 per year and stand with us in support of a strong, credible and effective UN. Over the last 18 months, UNA-UK has been engaged in an extensive process of reviewing our engagement structures - how our members, supporters, and network of UNA Groups interact with us as an organisation and contribute to the …

International Day of Peace 2024

Each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more. The theme for 2024 and other details will appear at https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace

UN Summit of the Future

The world is not on track to meet the goals we have already set for ourselves. Nor are we effectively rising to new challenges or opportunities. The United Nations Summit of the Future, to be held from 22 to 23 September 2024, will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present …

European Day of Languages Event

Coventry Language Café will be celebrating European Day of Languages on the evening of 29 September in Old Windmill pub. Coventry Language Café gives people the opportunity to practice speaking a foreign language and normally hosts conversations in one or more of the following: English, French, German or Spanish, although other languages are sometimes spoken by attendees. The meeting on …

United Nations Day Celebration

Coventry Language Café will be running an event on 27 October in the Old Windmill pub. The aim is to enable people to practice speaking in a foreign language. If they wish they can discuss the United Nations, the 78th anniversary of whose Charter falls on the previous Thursday. The meeting will be in the Black Room of the Old …

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